%0 Journal Article %T GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDY TIMSS / Rozdiely vo vzdel¨˘vac¨Şch vysledkoch chlapcov a diev at z pr¨Şrodovednych predmetov v medzin¨˘rodnej t¨˛dii TIMSS %A Kurajov¨˘ Stopkov¨˘ Janka %A Kuraj Jozef %J Technol¨®gia vzdel¨˘vania %D 2010 %I %X The science and Math are the research areas in the international study TIMSS. The article brings the findings about the overall results in Science, the gender differences in Life Science, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, and Environmental Science. We present the findings on international level in 1999 and 2003, the Slovak position in international comparison. The information characterize selected factors - the highest educational level for mother and father and the students achievement based on the parents education level. We add the information from TIMSS 2007, the Slovak republic have participated in the research with students Grade 4 first time.Pr¨Şrodovedn¨¦ predmety spolu s matematikou tvoria vyskumn¨¦ dom¨¦ny medzin¨˘rodnej t¨˛die TIMSS. Pr¨Şspevok prin¨˘ a zistenia o celkovych vzdel¨˘vac¨Şch vysledkoch iakov z pr¨Şrodovednych predmetov, o rozdieloch medzi vykonmi chlapcov a diev at z pr¨Şrodopisu, ch¨¦mie, fyziky, zemepisu a ekol¨®gie. Prezentujeme vyskumn¨¦ zistenia o kompar¨˘cii vysledkov na medzin¨˘rodnej ¨˛rovni a o vplyve vybranych faktorov na rozdiely medzi vzdel¨˘vac¨Şmi vysledkami chlapcov a diev at v Slovenskej republike. %K Educational achievement in Science %K Grade 8 %K Gender differences %K Biology %K Physics %K Earth Science %K Chemistry %K Environmental Science %K Evaluation of student achievement %K TIMSS %K The highest level of parental education %K Access to information %K Leisure activities %U http://technologiavzdelavania.ukf.sk/index.php/tv/article/view/969